Laurie Jaeger Named 2006 Piper Professor

Posted May 02, 2006

COLLEGE STATION, May 2, 2006 - Laurie Jaeger, associate
professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical
Sciences at Texas A&M University, has been named a 2006 Piper
Professor, an award that carries with it a $5,000 honorarium.

The award was established by the San Antonio-based Minnie
Stevens Piper Foundation and annually recognizes and honors
outstanding Texas college professors.

Jaeger, who joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1991 as an
assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Anatomy and
Public Health, has won numerous teaching honors and citations,
including Texas A&M's Presidential Professorship for Teaching
Excellence Award; the Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar Award
for the College of Veterinary Medicine; The Association of Former
Students College Level Distinguished Teaching Award; the Wiley
Distinguished Teaching Professorship in Veterinary Medicine and The
Association of Former Students Faculty Distinguished Achievement
Award in Teaching.

She has published dozens of peer-reviewed research articles and
book chapters and has reviewed journal articles for the American
Journal of Veterinary Research, Biology of Reproduction and the
American Journal of Veterinary Research and others. Much of her
research is focused on understanding fundamental mechanisms
associated with successful implantation and establishment of
pregnancy.

Jaeger holds a bachelor's degree from Penn State University and
a Ph.D. and DVM from Purdue University.

The Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation was organized in 1950 by
Randall Gordon Piper and his wife, Minnie Stevens, the principal
donors. The Piper Professors program was established in 1958 and
honors professors for superior teaching at the college level,
including two- and four-year colleges and universities, both public
and private.